WWE: Penta on WWE’s Very High Hopes for Him & His Current Singles Run in WWE, Dakota Kai on Appreciating Love & Support Shown Following Her Concussion Injury, More News

Penta Comments on WWE’s Very High Hopes for Him & His Current Singles Run in WWE

CBS Sports held a recent interview with Penta. One of the topics discussed included Penta’s thoughts about the recent reports of WWE currently having very high hopes for him in the company.

“It’s very surprising for me. Last night someone called me to tell me how many of my masks WWE sold. I said, ‘Wow! Really? This number?!’ I remember 20 years ago when I started this dream. The most important thing was I never doubted my talent, passion or anything. Now I’m living the dream.”

Penta also gave his thoughts about his current singles career in WWE.

“I’m very comfortable because Penta myself in the ring is more aggressive, you know? More violent – more different style around the world. But when my brother is with me with the tag team, it’s different. More dynamic, you know? More special, more high-flyer. This is the difference, but I feel comfortable [with] both.”

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Dakota Kai Comments on Appreciating the Love & Support Shown Towards Her Following Concussion Injury

As noted before, Dakota Kai has been out of action for WWE since late January due to a concussion injury and has been in WWE’s concussion protocol

Kai recently provided an update on Instagram stating that she appreciates the love and support shown towards her through these dips and harder times. Kai also stated that she currently feels good.

“I really appreciate all the love and support you guys shows me. It really helps get through these dips and harder times. I feel good.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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WWE News & Notes

Wednesday’s WWE Speed show on Twitter featured Zoey Stark defeating Kayden Carter to advance to the next round of WWE’s newest #1 Contender’s tournament for the WWE Women’s Speed Championship. Stark will be facing off against the winner of Shotzi/Isla Dawn in the Semifinal Round of WWE’s current tournament.

This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show featured several cryptic video teasers for the upcoming Vengeance Day 2025 event that ended with the revelation of a new mystery group. The identity of the wrestlers shown in the shadow are currently believed to be Saquon Shugars, Cutler James, Keanu Carver, and Dion Lennox.

TVLine.com reported that Warner Bros Discovery’s TNT, TBA, TruTV, ID, HLN, Linear and Streaming President Jason Sarlanis announced during a keynote session this past Monday at the Realscreen Summit in Miami, Florida that they have canceled their Wipeout series. This series featured John Cena as one of the hosts. Sarlania stated that the reason for the cancellation was due to the series costing too much money to produce to fit with their new programming strategy.

Fightful Select reported that their sources close to Fanatics stated that WWE’s top merchandise sellers for this past Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2025 in order were John Cena, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, and Roman Reigns.

As noted before, Alexa Bliss made her surprise return to WWE at this past Saturday’s Royal Rumble event in Indianapolis, Indiana. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Bliss is currently planned to be working for the SmackDown brand going forward. Johnson reported that Bliss is currently scheduled to make an appearance on this Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Memphis, Tennessee.

As noted before, a lawsuit against WWE was filed in March of 2024 by Richard Bryant claiming that he had suffered hearing injuries over “negligence and carelessness” caused by WWE’s handling of pyrotechnics at a SmackDown show he attended in Orlando, Florida in July of 2022. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut recently revealed that there is a planned settlement deal for the lawsuit based on recent court records. Johnson reported that no other details regarding this settlement deal talks are currently known.

As noted before, Jade Cargill has been out of action for WWE since this past November. The situation with Cargill’s injury status has led to conflicting reports over it being genuine or just a storyline injury. Sports Illustrated’s Jon Alba reported that his sources stated that Cargill was recently spotted again at WWE’s Performance Center and is focused on getting cleared as soon as possible. Alba reported that the exact nature of Cargill’s injury is still not known.

WWE recently released five new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “The story of The Rock vs. CM Punk at Elimination Chamber 2013.” The second new video was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan (c) from WWE The Main Event 1988. The third new video was a “The Hardy Boyz relive their greatest moments: WWE Retrospective.” The fourth new video was a Three Stages of Hell match of Triple H vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin from WWE No Way Out 2001. The fifth new video was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Scott Steiner vs. Triple H (c) from WWE No Way Out 2003.

WWE also recently released three new videos to their NXT Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full May 8, 2013 episode of WWE NXT. The second new video was the full May 15, 2013 episode of WWE NXT. The third new video was a Title vs. Career, NXT Championship match of Johnny Gargano (NXT career) vs. Andrade Almas (NXT title) from the Feb. 21, 2018 episode of WWE NXT.

Big E recently reflected on Twitter about Disney’s release of their new animated Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man series on Disney+. Big E stated “Mama, I made it to @Marvel! You can hear me now! #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan is now airing on Disney+ with new episodes premiering on Wednesdays.“